Two 170-year-old beer bottles found in a shipwreck from Baltic Sea; scientists test if they are still drinkable |
Under the cold waters of the Baltic Sea off the Åland Islands, researchers made a surprising archaeological find that provides a rare glimpse into 19th-century brewing. During a shipwreck excavation, divers recovered several bottles of beer from a schooner that sank in the 1840s. There were more than 150 bottles of champagne and five bottles…